Blood Rises

By Jayfeathernya9

The dark Forest was supposedly banished forever. But when the darkest of dark cats comes out of the shadows with a murderous plan, Starclan may be facing it's last days. This time, even the most powerful cats in the forest aren't enough to stop them. But if they join with some new forces, they might just succeed.

Important Dark Forest cats:

Tigerstar

Darkstripe

Mapleshade

Hailstorm

Brokentail

Bloodstar (Black cat with dark grey eyes and three almost blood red stripes over his chest(not bright, like Redtail red only more blood-like.). Has unnaturally long claws and teeth and has many scars and missing whiskers. He has only one good eye- his right one. He is larger than Tigerstar.)

Starclan cats and Clan cats: all of the cats from the current books, and a few others. (It would be too much space and time to list them all here. I' describe them in the story.)

Starclan's Prophecy:

The stars of the clans will dull,

Leaving only three to save us all.

But they cannot do it alone.

So three must be five,

To let us survive.

Dark Forest's prophecy;

The blood will pour

From those who will not bow before us.

And all those who fight

Will fall under our might.

Starclan will fall under our will,

With every starry cat killed.

Prologue

The five clans Skyclan, Shadowclan, Riverclan, Windclan, and Thunderclan crouched around the great rock. Under the full moon, nothing seemed wrong. But if anyone looked closer, it was clear something was wrong. Every cat's pelt was fluffed to twice its size, every eye as wide as the moon above. Every ear was flat, not a whisker twitching. Upon the great rock, a dark cat was outlined by the moon. A heap of fur lay at his paws, his long black claws glinting red in the pale light. Dark blood ran down the boulder.

The cat looked up. His one good eye glinted, his shredded ears angled forward. Three long, red stripes crossed his chest. His long teeth were bared.

"See? Even the nine lives of Starclan's leader can be easily removed! Come, stop being their weak minions and let us create our own clan and be rid of weak, controlling Starclan!" the cat yowled. The four remaining leaders hissed quietly and huddled together.

"You k-killed Flightstar! Skyclan shall never bow to you, Bloodstar!" the Skyclan deputy Applestep stammered bravely. Bloodstar growled and leapt at the grey cat, swiftly slashing his throat. The poor cat gurgled. "Cloudfur…you…are the…n-new leader…" he choked out as a last duty to his loyal clan.

"Applestep! Starclan will surely grant you your leader name," he whispered, too quietly for the vicious leader to hear.

Bloodstar stepped back up the Great Rock. "See? I have limitless power! No one can defeat me, even my own puny clan. All of the clans are puny and weak! Let us be one! Forget Starclan!" he paused, snarling with gleeful malice. "Anyone who refuses, however, shall pay most dearly-!" he was cut off by a deep thunder. The clans began to murmur as lightning flashed.

"It is an omen! Bloodstar, stop this nonsense, please! Starclan will kill you if you won't!" the Shadowclan medicine cat Creekwhisker meowed. She had fallen for the former, helpless rouge kit shortly after he received his warrior name. She had been tricked by the false good in his heart, but she still seemed to see some. But even she couldn't ignore his wrath.

"Ha! Starclan can do NOTHING!" he screeched as, suddenly, a blinding flash of lightning struck the Great Rock. Bloodstar, who had received the blast head-on, yowled out and fell, fur singed. His body shuddered and jerked, as he gasped for breath that he couldn't take in. Finally, he lay still, the evil life in his eyes fading so they were glassy and dull.

For a long time, the clans were still. With the first movement, though, yowls of joy and sorrow for the lost ones filled Fourtrees.

Bloodstar's reign was over.